Box for dispensing rolled paper



July 28, 1931.

N. MARCALUS BOX FOR DISPENSING ROLLED PAPER Filed June 10, 1929 ATTO RN EYQS Patented July 28, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NICHOLAS MABOALUS, OF ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOBHTO AUTOMATIC. PAIEB MACHINERY CO. INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY BOX FOB DISPENSING.BOLLED IPA PER Application filed June 10,

'being' provided with a metal strip having a serrated cutting or tearing edge. The paper is drawn from the roll while the latter is held in the box, and torn along the serrated edge'when the desired length has been unrolled. During this operation the top of the box is preferably closed with its flap tucked behind the front wall, the latter with the flap forming a guideway for the paper; As the roll is not tightly held within the box, particularly after a substantial quantity of paper has been unrolled, it frequently happens that, between times, the roll turns, pulling the forward end of the paper into the box, so that when the user, commonly a housewife, wishes to tear off another sheet she cannot easily reach the paper but must first raise the cover of the box, pull the forward end of the roll beyond the cutting edge and then close the cover, reinserting the flap behind the'paper.

It is the object of the present invention to provide means for preventing the forward end of the paper from slipping back into the box so that the roll is always in readiness for use. I attain this object by inserting a yieldable spacing element between the front of the box and the roll, so shaping this element that it shall always press against the roll and prevent free turning thereof as long as any paper remains on the core. The cover flap is preferably inserted between the roll and the forward end of the paper so that the latter is pinched between the spacing element and the flap and can move only when pulled by one using the package in the intended manner.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated certain preferred embodiments of my invention. In these drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse section through a boxv constructed in accordance with the present invention and showing a roll of paper in as clearly illustrated in Figure 1.

1929. Serial No. 869,578.,

place with the forward end of the sheet extending from the box in position for unwinding; Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1, but showing the same roll with most of the paper unwound; Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the yieldable spac' ing element in position for assembly; Figure 4 is a detail in perspective showing the manner in which the spacing element is held in position on the front wall of the box; and Figure 5 is a section similar to Figure 1 .showing a modified method of securing the spacing element in place.

The box illustrated is an elongated rectangular cardboard box substantially square in cross-section comprising a front side wall 1, a rear side wall 2, a bottom 3 and a top or cover 4, and designed to hold a roll of paper 5, such as a roll of wax paper, commonly used by housewives for wrapping food, wound upon the usual cardboard core 6. The front wall 1 of this box is pro vided along the inner face of its upper edge with a metallic strip 7 having a serrated cutting edge along which the paper is torn after the desired quantity has been unrolled. The foregoing constitutes, in general, the construction of the box illustrated in Patent No. 1,630,495 and I shall now describe the improvements therein which constitute the present invention.

Inserted between the front wall 1 and v the roll is a yieldable spacing element 8 consisting of a strip of cardboard longitudinally scoredat 9 so that it can be readily bent along the line of the score. This spacing element is held in place between the bottom of the box and the bottom edge of the metallic strip 7 which is upturned at 11 to form an anchorage for the upper edge of the spacing element. The lower edge of the spacing element is held against the front wall by means of tabs 12 cut from the bottom of the box and turned upward The cover 4 of the box is of less width than the bottom and is provided along its forward edge with a depending flap 13 "which extends downward to a point below the center of the roll. This flap 13 and the .wound .m use. As a consequence, t

spacing element 11 constitute between them a passa eway for the paper as it (is unrom the roll.

The dimensions of the spacing element are such that it always bears against the roll as long as any aper remains upon it, as will be evidentirom a comparison of Figures 1 and 2, and this pressure is sufficient to hold the roll snugly against free rotation so that the ition of the roll ,is not unintentionally c anged during times when paper is not beipg unwound. The pressure between the fiapimd the spacing element is also sufiicient to hold the paper frictionally between them. i This friction is insufficient to interferewith the unwinding of paper in using the package, but it is suflicient to prevent any movement of the forward end of the paper during times when the package is not e package is always available for use and the housewife is not put to the inconvenience of opening the box and threading the forward end of the pa er between the flap and the front wall 0 the box.

The package is assembled by first placing the roll within the box, inserting the flap between the body of the roll and the forward end of the paper, which is drawn forward slightly for this purpose, and then inserting the spacing element between the roll and the front wall of the box, tucking its upper edge under the upturned edge 11 of the cutting strip and anchoring its lower edge in position by bending the tabs 12 upward.

In Fi re 5 I have illustrated a slightly modifief means for anchoring the up er edge of the spacing element in position. nstead of upturning the lower edge of the metallic strip 7 I cut a plurality of tabs 14 in the front wall of the box and bend them inward asillustrated. The upper edge of the spacin element is then tucked under these tabs an so held in position.

I claim: 1. A box for dispensing roll paper, comprising side walls and bottom, a metallic cutting strip secured to the top inner face of the front side wall, an upturned lower edge on said stri and a spacing element of flexible materia inserted between the front wall and the roll with its edges bearing a ainst the bottom of the box'an the upturne lower edge on the cutting strip and with its mid portion bowed in to press against the roll and prevent free turning thereof.

2. A box for dispensing roll papercomprising side walls and a cover, a depending flap on the cover, and a yieldable spacing element inserted between the front side wal and the roll, the flap and spacing element gripping between them the orward end of the paper to prevent its slipping back into the box.

3. A box for dispensing roll paper com-' ing element inserted between the front side 1 wall and. the roll and bearin against the roll to prevent free turning t ereof, a flap dependin from the forward edge of the cover an extending between the roll and the spacing element, the flap and spacing element forming a guideway for thepaper as it is unwoun 4. A box for dispensing roll paper comprising side walls, a bottom, and a cover of less width than the bottom, a cutting edge along the top of the front wall, a strip of cardboard, longitudinally scored between its edges, mounted on the inside of the front wall between the cutting edge and the-bottom, bent along the score and bowed inward and a flap depending from the forward edge of the cover'and extending below the score on the cardboard strip, the arrangement of the parts being such that a roll of paper in the box is held snugly against free rotation and the paper as unwound passes between the flap and the cardboard strip and is held against unintended movement.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signa- Ill 

